Dangerously large Arctic sea ice extent Arctic sea ice extent was 5.88 million km² on August 21, 2022, larger in extent than in any of the years from 2010 through 2021 at this time of year, as illustrated by the image below. At first glance, one might think that this relatively large extent was a sign of healthy sea ice. After all, the larger the sea ice, the more sunlight gets reflected back into space. At the same time, however,…
I have been concentrating on things within the human realm – a pandemic, war, New World Order etc. because they have been the most urgent things on my mind. However, as we head towards the end of the melt season my attention is turning once more to the Arctic. The situation is dire. Watch Margo’s detailed report: If you look at the following (and that is what everyone points to, from sceptics to followers of abrupt climate change) you might…
Right now I prefer to stick with the here-and-now rather than with graphs and projections, thank you. The NASA image below shows the October 2021 temperature anomaly. The Arctic is heating up enormously, with anomalies showing up of up to 9.1°C. The image below shows that the global temperature over the past century, i.e. from 1920 to 2020, has risen by 1.3°C. The image shows anomalies from 1900-1920. When adjusting data to reflect a pre-industrial base, ocean air (2m) temperatures…
Latent heat Rapid thinning of the sea ice in the Beaufort Sea indicates that there is virtually no latent heat buffer left to consume further heat flowing from the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean into the Arctic Ocean. [ feedback #14: Latent Heat ] Above image shows a number of feedbacks that are accelerating warming in the Arctic. Feedback #14 refers to the heat that is (less and less) going into melting the sea ice. The reason this heat is called…
